Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and producer, primarily in movies and television. He has won four Golden Globes, including Cecil B. DeMille Award, and two Academy Awards; as producer of 1975's Best Picture, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and as Best Actor in 1987 for his role in Wall Street. Other performances include The Game, Wonder Boys, Traffic and Solitary Man. Douglas received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2009. He is the eldest of actor Kirk Douglas's four sons.

12.04.2012 [Juneau County Star-Times] - One of my roles is that of a hedge fund manager who calls to mind Michael Douglas in “Wall Street.” Why I was cast as an unapologetically selfish jerk is a mystery to me. My best guess is the directors decided I can't act, so they picked a role that

05.04.2012 [CUBuffs.com] - Coach Tad Boyle said although he was not a fan of Gordon Gekko - Michael Douglas' character in the 1987 movie Wall Street - a Gekko quote still resonates with Boyle in his profession. "He said greed is good," Boyle noted. "Greed is good in college

09.04.2012 [TCPalm] - It is more likely that the words of Michael Douglas, in the movie "Wall Street," and Milton Friedman are more appropriate. Douglas said, "Greed, for lack of a better term, is good," and Professor Friedman said that the only stakeholder group that a

01.09.2012 Michael Douglas is set to swap Liberace's flamboyant lifestyle for another presidential role - as Ronald Reagan. The Wall Street star is in talks to play the late Republican in indie movie Reykjav...

19.03.2012 [FT Adviser] - By John Kenchington | Published Mar 19, 2012 | comments In the film Michael Douglas played Gordon Gekko, who delivered the legendary 'greed is good' speech, blasting the board of a fictional paper company for the firm's underperformance.

28.02.2012 The FBI has enlisted Michael Douglas, best known for his role as the ruthless financial executive Gordon Gekko in the film Wall Street, in the Bureau's efforts to crackdown on the rising number of insider trading cases.

27.02.2012 The movie was fiction, but the problem is real." And with that, Michael Douglas stumps for the FBI in a new public service announcement warning investors against financial misdeeds. If Gordon Gekko himself says greed is no ...

28.02.2012 WASHINGTON – Hollywood actor Michael Douglas, who played greedy financier Gordon Gekko in the movie “Wall Street,” is now starring in an FBI video reminding investors that insider trading is a crime. Douglas was the ...